Analytic Geometry and Calculus I

Course Number

MTH 161

Credits

4

Lab Hours

0

Lecture Hours

60

Course Description

Prerequisite: MTH 151 with a grade of "C" or better or four years of high school college-preparatory mathematics including trigonometry. Includes functions, graphs, limits, continuity, derivatives and their applications, integrals, as well as differentiation and integration of exponential and logarithmic functions. A GRAPHING CALCULATOR IS REQUIRED. (60-0)

Outcomes and Objectives

The student will develop an understanding of, calculate with, and apply limits in several contexts.Objectives:

Evaluate limits symbolically, numerically and graphically with and without technology.

Discuss the definition of the limit.

Explain the relationship between limits and other concepts including continuity, derivatives, and integrals.

Use L'Hopital's Rule to evaluate limits.

The student will develop an understanding of, calculate with, and apply derivatives in several contexts.Objectives:

State the definition of the derivative.

Determine where a function is differentiable and where it is not differentiable.